Lives in Cricket No 23 - Brief Candles

108 His cremation was held at Loughborough, back ‘home’ in Leicestershire. A local football follower wrote to the Leicester Mercury to describe him as ‘a great sportsman … wonderful value for his £15 a week’. 176 Which is how we should remember a fine footballer and a man who, had things turned out differently, might have proved a useful county cricketer. 176 Letter from Alf Wilson in the Leicester Mercury , 21 January 1995. First Ballers, and a Mystery